Museum visitors will see the flash and smell the smoke of Civil War muskets and rifles. Visitors are encouraged to visit the camps and ask living historians questions about their attire, food rations and daily life. Most infantry groups perform loading and firing demonstrations each day. Saturday demonstrations are at 11am, 1pm & 3pm.

*Programs are weather contingent. Visitors should check the Museum’s website for updates to this schedule, as they are subject to change.

Museum visitors will see the flash and smell the smoke of Civil War muskets and rifles. Visitors are encouraged to visit the camps and ask living historians questions about their attire, food rations and daily life. Most infantry groups perform loading and firing demonstrations each day. Saturday demonstrations are at 11am, 1pm & 3pm.

*Programs are weather contingent. Visitors should check the Museum’s website for updates to this schedule, as they are subject to change.

Museum visitors will see the flash and smell the smoke of Civil War muskets and rifles. Visitors are encouraged to visit the camps and ask living historians questions about their attire, food rations and daily life. Most infantry groups perform loading and firing demonstrations each day. Saturday demonstrations are at 11am, 1pm & 3pm. Sunday demonstrations are at 1pm & 3pm.

*Programs are weather contingent. Visitors should check the Museum’s website for updates to this schedule, as they are subject to change.

Museum visitors will see the flash and smell the smoke of Civil War muskets and rifles. Visitors are encouraged to visit the camps and ask living historians questions about their attire, food rations and daily life. Most infantry groups perform loading and firing demonstrations each day. Saturday demonstrations are at 11am, 1pm & 3pm.

*Programs are weather contingent. Visitors should check the Museum’s website for updates to this schedule, as they are subject to change.

Museum visitors will see the flash and smell the smoke of Civil War muskets and rifles. Visitors are encouraged to visit the camps and ask living historians questions about their attire, food rations and daily life. Most infantry groups perform loading and firing demonstrations each day. Saturday demonstrations are at 11am, 1pm & 3pm.

*Programs are weather contingent. Visitors should check the Museum’s website for updates to this schedule, as they are subject to change.

Please join DeAnne Blanton as she presents on "Women Soldiers in the Civil War."

DeAnne Blanton is an archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC. She specializes in 19th century Army records, particularly those of the Civil War. Her first book, They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War, co-written with Lauren Cook, was published by Louisiana State University in 2002 and by Vintage the following year. She is a founding member of the Society for Women and the Civil War, and served as the first President of that organization. She has appeared in nearly a dozen Civil War and women’s history documentaries for cable channels and public broadcasting. She is a graduate of Sweet Briar College.

The 2017 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.

Join Gamut Theatre Group's Harrisburg Shakespeare Company for the 24th Annual Free Shakespeare in the Park held at the Levitt Pavilion in Reservoir Park in Harrisburg! Admission is FREE. They will be collecting canned good items for Bethesda Mission and encourage you to bring a donation.

June 2 - 17, 2017: Wednesday-Saturday @ 7:30 PM

Come early with your own blankets or chairs to grab a spot on the lawn and enjoy Shakespeare under the stars!

Don’t forget a flashlight to help you get back to your car after the show!

Gamut Theatre Group has a long history with this dark, disturbing classic. For over 20 years, we have produced it on our main-stage, as well as toured it all over the Pennsylvania region. Now, we are very excited to bring its fatal vision to our sizable outdoor summer home, Reservoir Park. We hope you will come along with us once again as we take the fascinating and terrifying journey into the heart of our darkest aspirations and motivations.

The Museum will offer free admission to Father’s on Father’s Day. Dad’s come and enjoy the NCWM’s newest exhibit “Honored Veterans: Fraternal Organizations Borne of the Civil War” and see Living History firing demonstrations with Cooper’s Battery B, PA Artillery at 11:30 AM & 1:30 PM.

In addition to these special programs, our regular galleries offer a vivid glimpse into the past, with a focus on the humanistic aspect of war. Honor the past and your father by taking advantage of this special offer together.

Civil War Voices tells the compelling and passionate true stories of real people who lived through the conflict, using the actual words the characters left behind in diaries, letters, and other writings. All new arrangements of traditional melodies of the period by renowned composer Mark Hayes advance the narrative and sharpen the emotional impact of the stories. Through the Lives and words of five individuals, the struggles, hardships and sacrifices of Americans become understandable and real. The extraordinary music of the period reveals the emotions behind the conflict.